The House of Representatives formed during it plenary session on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 9 the Special Committee on Nuclear Energy. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senior Deputy Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos made the motion to create the new...
Senators are seeking an investigation into the alleged poor service and high power cost exacted on consumers by electric cooperatives in Mindanao and other parts of the country. They also agreed that it is high time to review the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001, including the...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla said Thursday, July 28 that now is the time to start efforts to harness nuclear and renewable energy to address the perennial problem of power shortages. Padilla said it would take a lot of time and finances to plan the location and operation of power plants,...
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) launched three new research and instructional laboratories located at the Dante de Padua Building on June 21. (UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS) The new laboratories are the UPLB Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes-Research...
The “over-taxation” in the electricity sector is being urged to be stopped finally in the next administration and a proposed legislation scrapping value added tax (VAT) on electricity rates will be lodged when the next Congress resumes. "We need to stop this over-taxation of consumers of...
With just a few weeks before the elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, April 23, said there will be no electricity problem in the provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi (BaSulTa) on Election Day, May 9. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (Photo courtesy of...
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Bongbong Marcos has vowed to address the biggest headache of Occidental Mindoro residents--exorbitant electricity rates. (Kai Gradert/ Unsplash) Marcos was able to touch base with local folk during a quick swing to the province Wednesday, April 20....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged the local government units (LGUs) on Wednesday, April 13 to pass measures that will deter any obstructions and hazardous activities within the power line corridors (PLCs) in their respective areas. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said...
All government agencies, including local government units (LGUs), should comply with the mandatory energy efficiency and conservation measures in anticipation of a tight power supply in Luzon and Visayas grids ahead of the dry months. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said all government agencies should...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Monday called on the government to use solar power systems instead to cut down on electricity expenses. Villlanueva made his appeal after noting a big jump in the government's electricity bill, from P34.58 billion in 2017 to P40.06 billion in 2019. According to the...
A total of 582,083 new customers have been connected to electricity supply last year, bringing total service connections to 14,835,390 households as of 2021, according to the National Electrification Administration (NEA). By end-December last year, the electrification agency said the total service...
DAVAO CITY – Electricity rates in Mindanao are expected to increase following the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine affecting the global supply of diesel and price movement of coal in the global market, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) assistant secretary Romeo Montenegro said....
